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The Bar Convent is England’s oldest living convent, established in 1686 as a school for girls. The Grade I Listed building is still home to a community of sisters today, as well as a Guest House, Exhibition and Café.

Month: November 2017

The Bar Convent has been taking part in Explore Your Archive launch week, a national campaign that illuminates the best of archive services in the UK and Ireland. Participants share items from their collections on social media that relate to different themes, with the aim of showcasing the huge range of material available in archives […]

The BBC TV drama Gunpowder has stirred up a lot of interest in – and a fair bit of controversy around – the true story of the 1605 plot to blow up the Protestant King James I during the State Opening of Parliament. It got off to a gory start, with depictions of a woman […]

About Us…

The Bar Convent is England’s oldest living convent, established in 1686 as a school for girls. The Grade I Listed building is still home to a community of sisters today, as well as a Guest House, Exhibition and Café.